Neck-yoke center



W. E. HAIGHT. NECK YOKE CENTER.

No. 573,181. Patented Dec1 15, 1896.

Nrrnn STATES VILLIAM E. IIAIGrI-IT, OF N EV MILFORD, ILLINOIS.

NECK-YOKE CENTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,181, dated December15, 1896.

Application filed April 15, 1896. Serial No. 587,623. (No model.)

To all 'who/1t t 71ml/ concern:

Be it known that I, TILLIAM E. IIAIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Milford, county of Winnebago, State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain newand useful Improvement in Neck-Yoke Centers; and Ideclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object the production of a neck-yoke centerwhich shall be at once simple of construction, durable, and effeetive inits operation.

It consists in a combination of devices and applianceshereinafterdeseribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is avertical section of my device,` Fig. 2 isa plan view. Fig. 3 is a front elevation.

In carrying out the invention, A represents the pole of the buggy orother vehicle and B the neckyoke. C is a fitting providedwith anelongated sleeve C', adapted to embrace the end of the pole, and O2 is aring portion, the plane of the ring being parallel with the plane of thepole. In the ring are two orifices c c'.

D D are pivot-pieces, each provided with a projection d, the projectionsadapted to enter the orifices c c', the said orifices forming bearingsfor said pivot-pieces. The pivotpieces are engaged to the neck-yoke B inany suitable manner, as,for instance, by the screws d', or, ifpreferred, rivets may be extended entirely through the neck-yoke andthrough the pivot-pieces, the particular manner of engaging thepivot-pieces to the neck-yoke be ing immaterial. It will be observedthat the lower pivot is somewhat back of the vertical plane of the upperpivot when taking the pole as the horizontal line, so that when the backward draft is exerted on the other diagonal line the strain is equallydistributed between the two pivots.

The advantages of my construction are nu merous. In the first place, byproviding two pivots, one above and one below the neckyoke, the wear isdistributed, thereby insuring longer life for the device. lVith theneckyoke passed through the ring C2, even if the pivot-pieces should.wear out or break the neck-yoke would still be within the ring and theaccident of having the pole drop from the neclcyoke thus be obviated,or,in other words, the user of my device can, because of the yoke passingthrough the ring, continue the use of it until the pivots actually wearout, whereas when but a single pivot without the ring is used the devicemust be entirely thrown away or repaired before the pivot wears out,else an accident is liable to occur. The sleeve C, being elongatedandhavingabroad bearing on the pole, obviates the necessity ofleathering the said sleeve and also reduces the wear on the pole to aminimum. Because of the two pivots forming a pivotal line through theneckyoke the direction of the draft is immaterial, and the angle of thedraft may be varied throughout the entire arc of the circle withoutaffecting the operation of the device. Because of the peculiarconstruction of the device the parts can all be cast complete withoutthe necessity of drilling, thereby making an extremely cheap andmarketable device. Again, because of the fact that there are but twomotions-viz., the oscillation or swin ging of the yoke in the ring andthe oscillation or swiveling of the iitting on the pole-the pounding ofthe pole by the yoke is entirely obviated.

What I claim is.-

l. In a, neck-yoke center the combination with the pole and neck-yoke ofa fitting provided with means for engaging the pole and means forengaging the neck-yoke and in which the neck-yoke is pivoted, the axisof said neck-yoke pivots being inclined forwardly so that it is obliqueto the axis of the pole or y tongue, substantially as described.

axis of the pole or tongue7 substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

IVILLIAM E. IIAIGl-I'l.

Witnesses:

W. I-I. CHAMBERLiN, DE Wrr'r W. CHAMBER-LIN.

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